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title: "Skills Bootcamps - CN240143"
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# Skills Bootcamps - CN240143

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/skills-bootcamps-cn240143-ocds-h6vhtk-0492fe). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "Skills Bootcamps - CN240143". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0492fe`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/skills-bootcamps-cn240143-ocds-h6vhtk-0492fe#tl-md)

## Description
Skills Bootcamps seek to unlock UK economic growth by improving the pipeline of
intermediate and higher-level skills among adults (19+), particularly in priority sectors such
as digital, construction and green skills. Courses are designed to increase participation in
adult training, especially those wishing to retrain or upskill, and employer engagement is
intrinsic to delivery.
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks in sectors
where there are evidenced skills gaps nationally or locally. Kent County Council therefore
intends to commission this type of provision for 2025/2026 and beyond. The provision will
focus on the areas with skill gaps which require training interventions to meet the sector
suitability assessment criteria.
Furthermore, due to changes in procurement regulations moving from Public Contract
Regulations (2015) to the Procurement Act 2023, the Council wants to conduct market
engagement to raise awareness of the implications of the changes in these regulations and
to further determine the most appropriate service model for this provision.
As part of Kent County Council’s commitment to fairness, openness and transparency the
Prior Information Notice (PIN) is issued solely for the purpose of conducting pre procurement market testing with the following aims:
• To develop a suitable delivery model.
• To understand the market and readiness to deliver Skills Bootcamps across Kent.
• To explore the most viable commissioning approach to deliver Skills Bootcamps.
As part of this process workshops are available to interested providers, with two time slots
available. To register an interest in this opportunity providers must submit an ‘Expression of
Interest’ (EOI) through the Kent Business Portal and send a message through the messaging
function with their preference for a time slot.
These workshops will be delivered via Microsoft Teams and will last for 1.5 hours.
They are scheduled on the following dates:
Wednesday 12th February 2025: 14:30 to 16:00
Friday 14th February 2025: 09:00 to 10:30
Please note that feedback from the workshops will be shared with every provider who has
expressed an interest, and this information will be made available to all bidders in any future
tender.
Please be aware that Expressions of Interest must be received by Tuesday 11th February 2025 @ 2pm, and all responses will need to be submitted via the Kent Business Portal by this time.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Please see above.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002962-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-29T13:18:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T05:14:33.227Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0492fe